Čučuk Stana was a Serbian female hajduk and the second wife of Hajduk Veljko. She is also a character in Serb epic poetry.

She was born in 1795, in the village Sikole

Sikole

Sikole is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 838 people....

 near Negotin

Negotin

Negotin is a town and municipality in the Bor District of north-eastern Central Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District. The population of the town is 16,716 while municipality has 36,879.-Name:The etymology of the...

, Serbia

Serbia

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 to a family of Herzegovinian migrants. She had two sisters, Stojna and Stamena and later, a little brother Mihailo

Mihailo

Mihailo is a Slavic masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael. Other slavic variants include Mihail, Mihajlo, and Mikhail. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname...

. She finished school in Bela Crkva

Bela Crkva

Bela Crkva translates to "White Church" in the south Slavic languages in the Ekavian accent regions. As a settlement name, it can refer to:* Bela Crkva, Vojvodina, a town in Vojvodina, Serbia...

. Under the three sister's upbringing, they all wore men's clothes out of the house, because they had yet no brother to protect them. She got her nickname "Čučuk" (Little) from her smallness.

She met Hajduk Veljko in 1812. Veljko died in 1813 and she went to live in Pančevo

Pancevo

Pančevo is a city and municipality located in the southern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina, 15 km northeast from Belgrade. In 2002, the city had a total population of 77,087, while municipality of Pančevo had 127,162 inhabitants. It is the administrative center of the South Banat...

. She later married captain and hero of Greek War of Independence Giorgakis Olympios

Giorgakis Olympios

Giorgakis Olympios was a Greek armatolos and military commander during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Noted for his activities with the Filiki Eteria in the Danubian Principalities, he is considered to be a leading figure of the Greek Revolution.-Early activities:He was...

  with whom she moved to Wallachia

Wallachia

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 and later Bucharest

Bucharest

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They had three children:

• Milan
• Aleksandar
• Jevrosima

When Giorgakis was killed during the battle of Secu monastery in Moldavia 23 September 1821 at the beginning of Greek Revolution and
for the sake of their children's security, they moved to Khotyn

Khotyn

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, Russia

Russia

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, where other people of the Serb revolution took refuge. After
liberation of Greece

Greece

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 Stana with children moved to Athens

Athens

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She died in 1849-1850.

In 1907 a play was written about her life, the music was composed by Stevan Hristić

Stevan Hristic

Stevan Hristić , , was the most popular Serbian composer of the first half of the 20th century, remembered best for his technically cultivated compositions in the Neoromanticist, veristic, and Romanticist-Impressionist styles.-Biography:He conducted his primary studies in Leipzig, but also in...

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A 1972 Yugoslav TV film "Cucuk Stana" was made after the poem, she is played by Svetlana Bojković.

A book about her life "Čučuk Stana, 1795-1849 - žena Hajduk Veljka i grčkog narodnog heroja Georgakisa Olimpiosa" was released in 1981, written by Dušica Popović Stojković.